Medieval Virgin and Child by a Follower of Dirk Bouts

SOUTHERN NETHERLANDS, CIRCA 1490 A.D.

22 1/2 in. (2.8 kg, 57 cm high).

Oil on board devotional panel in a gilt wooden frame; the Virgin in a bottle-green gown with gilt collar and cream undershift, crimson mantle; the naked Christ supported on his mother's left hip, his left foot clasped in the interleaved fingers of her right hand; textured gilt field; attributed to a follower of Dirk Bouts. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Collection of Henri and Suzanne Paradis since circa 1967.
From the sale of their collection at Deburaux, 4 July 2015, lot 19.
Ex central London gallery.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11902-207281.

CONDITION

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